GeForce RTX 3060 and GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3060
GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Ampere (2020−2022)
GPU code name
Ampere GA106
GN20-E7 GA104
Market segment
Desktop
Laptop
Release date
January 2021
January 2021
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
None
Boost clock speed
1777 MHz
1245 MHz
Core clock speed
1320 MHz
780 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
8 nm
Number of transistors
13,250 million
17,400 million
Pipelines / CUDA cores
3584
6144
Power consumption (TDP)
170 Watt
80 Watt
Texture fill rate
199.0
239.0
Memory type
GDDR6
GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
16 GB
Memory bus width
192 Bit
256 Bit
Memory clock speed
15000 MHz
6000 MHz
Memory bandwidth
360.0 GB/s
320.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
8.6
OpenCL
2.0
2.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.5
6.5
Vulkan
1.2
1.2